MARINE ENGINE ROOM SIMULATOR TRAINING aims at developing students' global understanding and practice ability of the ship engine room. The course includes the following five modules: ship power plant, engine room auxiliary equipment and system, ship propulsion system, comprehensive training and advanced training. Each module includes two parts: basic knowledge and practical demonstration. Basic knowledge mainly introduces the function, composition, working principle, design rules of engine room equipments. Practical demonstration mainly introduces operating procedures, precautions, and emergency procedures through simulation software.

The course is a core and compulsory course for students major in marine engineering. It's a necessary subject for the competency test of international marine engineers. The course is designed for students and seafarers in marine engineering and social learners who are interested in marine engineering.

The course is compatible with the International Convention on Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping of Seafarers, the Rules of the People's Republic of China for Competency Examination and Certification of Seamen and relevant standards for marine simulator training, as well as IMO model course 2.07, 6.10, 7.02 and 7.04. 

The course integrates numerical simulation, virtual reality, and online training. A website for simulators is available free for course learners. Fourteen ship models and hundreds of training tasks can be downloaded from the simulator. The simulator supports the functions such as saving and loading initial conditions, automatic evaluation, training playback, multi-user team training. The simulator has got the DNV CLASS A CERTIFICATE which is the most authoritative international certification organization in marine simulator. 

1. To learn the composition of marine engine simulator, to understand the relationship between various systems in the model ship, and establish the overall concept of marine electromechanical system.

2. To learn the composition, working principle, operating method, operating procedure, and management points of mechanical and electrical systems such as ship propulsion system, ship power system, auxiliary system, and anti-pollution system.

3. To master the methods of fault analysis, working condition analysis, using and debugging of marine mechanical and electrical equipments and system.

4. To master the normal operations related to the ship operations, such as cold ship startup, standby operation, constant speed navigation, safety watch, etc.

5. To master the emergency operation procedures in specific situations, cultivate the ability of emergency response, and learn communication skills, cooperation and leadership ability.

This course requires learners to have a basic understanding of the engine room. 

If you have completed the courses including Introduction to Marine Engine, Marine Diesel Engine, Marine Auxiliary Machine, Marine Automation, Technical Management of Marine Power Plant, etc., you will be able to have a better understanding of the principles behind the operations. Only in this kind of situation, the learners could expect excellent academic performance when finishing this course as well.

If students and the public who is not major in marine engineering are interested in marine machinery, their academic performance can also reach the qualified level by strengthening discussion and knowledge search on the web.

1. Simulator Training Website, www.ers3d.com

2. VLCC-A Engine Room Simulator Manual,  www.ers3d.com/home/module.do?moduleId=11 
3. VLCC-A Engine Room Simulator: cold ship startup procedure(in Chinese) which is available in Chapter 5

4. Project Reference, www.ers3d.com/home/module.do?moduleId=7 

5. Awards, www.ers3d.com/home/module.do?moduleId=8 

6. DNV Certificate, www.ers3d.com/home/module.do?moduleId=9

7. IMO: Engine Room Simulator, IMO Model Course 2.07, IMO Publication, 2017.
8. IMO: Train the Simulator Trainer and Assessor, IMO Model Course 6.10, IMO Publication, 2012.
9. Zeng Hong, etc., "Marine Engine Room Simulator Training". Dalian: Dalian Maritime University Press, 2016

10. Lin Yejin, etc., "Marine Engine Room Automation". Dalian: Dalian Maritime University Press, 2019
11. Chen Haiquan, etc., "Marine Auxiliary Machinery". Dalian: Dalian Maritime University Press, 2016
12. Li Bin, etc., "Marine Diesel Engine". Dalian: Dalian Maritime University Press, 2014
13. Zhang Chunlai, etc., "Ship Electric Equipments and System". Dalian: Dalian Maritime University Press, 2013

Q:  Where can I download the training software required for the course?

A:  Please turn to www.ers3d.com and click 'download' to download 'network training client'. It provides marine engine simulation training software on dozens of ship types.

Q:  How to use marine engine simulation training software?

A:  You can go to the "help center" of the website of the Marine simulation training platform to view relevant documents. Please refer to: www.ers3d.com/home/module.do?moduleId=11

Q:  There are many ship types in the training software, which one should be selected for learning?

A:  At present, this course takes VLCC, a simulator for MOOC, as the prototype to study the engine simulator. The related principle knowledge and operation steps can also be transferred and applied to other ship types after a few modifications.

Q:  In the network training client, there are two models: Team and Solo. Which one should I choose?

A:  Team model is a multi-person cooperation mode that students can meet with their peers and enter a ship for training and learning in a long-distance and remote scenarios. While solo mode is a single person training mode, without collaboration function, which is adopted in independent practice or independent examination.